Senior Manager, Marketplace Intelligence

Evolve Vacation Rental; United States; On-site; USD 160,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolve Vacation Rental seeks a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead a team focused on pricing strategies and machine learning models. This role involves overseeing high-volume data systems, collaborating across departments, and mentoring developers in a flexible work environment. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in product development and engineering management, along with a passion for innovative solutions.

Benefits

Competitive pay, equity, 401(k) with immediate vesting match.

Paid parental leave, infertility coverage.

Medical, dental, vision, mental health support, pet insurance.

PTO, holidays, personal days.

Travel credits, property discounts.

Onboarding, learning, and development resources.

Employee Resource Groups.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of product development experience.
• 1-3+ years of engineering management experience.
• Experience designing systems that process high volumes of data.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, design, and implementation of pricing for over 30,000 properties nightly.
• Oversee development of features in the pricing pipeline.
• Recruit, mentor, and lead a team of developers.

Skills

Product development

Engineering management

Big data processing

Machine learning

Agile methodologies

Job description

At Evolve, we're on a mission to make vacation rental easy for everyone. Our high-performing, customer-obsessed team operates on curiosity, communication, and accountability, working together to create exceptional experiences for owners and guests. Whether solving big challenges, delivering outstanding results, or celebrating wins, we approach each day with purpose and passion. If you're ready to join a mission-driven company where every teammate has the opportunity to thrive, Evolve might be the place for you.

Why this role

The Senior Manager, Software Engineering will lead the team responsible for pricing Evolve's properties, predicting market demand, forecasting future returns for properties on the platform, and related systems. This team manages machine learning models that process billions of data points daily for inference and training, along with 'human in the loop' feedback systems that refine these outputs and inform future model iterations. The role is highly technical, encompassing architecture, strategy, and communication of technical decisions across the organization, alongside delivering critical systems. The manager will lead a distributed team focused on robust, high-performing, traceable, and observable server-side systems in a fast-paced agile environment. Collaboration with other teams such as product, revenue management, and sales to understand stakeholder needs and plan migrations and rollouts is essential.

This position requires extensive experience with big data, high throughput systems, API design, and integrations with third-party systems. Candidates should be capable of leading strategy, planning iterative releases, and contributing tactically to system design.

The manager will identify resource needs, collaborate on technology and tool selection, and assign resources to meet product requirements.

What you'll do

• Lead strategy, design, and implementation of pricing for over 30,000 properties nightly.
• Oversee development of features in the pricing pipeline, including data source integration and model updates.
• Lead efforts related to human feedback tools and feedback loops.
• Recruit, mentor, and lead a team of developers with a focus on ownership, rapid iteration, and first principles thinking.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product and commercial teams to define roadmaps aligned with the product vision.
• Work with DevOps to implement CI/CD processes for faster, high-quality software delivery.
• Establish coding standards and best practices.
• Define and implement agile processes to enhance engineering velocity and quality.
• Guide technology and tool decisions related to development.

What makes you a great fit

• 5-8+ years of product development experience.
• 1-3+ years of engineering management experience.
• Experience designing systems that process high volumes of data.
• Experience with machine learning models and data science approaches like neural networks, exponential smoothing, and cosine similarity.
• Passion for designing and building world-class solutions.
• Experience with commerce and pricing applications.
• Familiarity with agile or extreme programming environments.
• Salesforce integration or development experience is a plus.

Location

Evolve offers a flexible working environment: remote anywhere in Colorado, at our Denver office, or hybrid.

Compensation

Salary range: $160,000 to $208,000, based on experience. Eligible for an annual bonus based on performance.

Additional Details

All team members must live in approved locations, primarily within the U.S. except D.C. and Hawaii, with some state-specific restrictions. Colorado residents can work remotely, in-office, or hybrid. Please inform us if you plan to move soon.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, equity, 401(k) with immediate vesting match.
• Paid parental leave, infertility coverage.
• Medical, dental, vision, mental health support, pet insurance.
• PTO, holidays, personal days.
• Travel credits, property discounts.
• Onboarding, learning, and development resources.
• Employee Resource Groups.

Our Culture

We foster a collaborative, caring, and responsible culture, guided by our core values. We encourage authentic self-expression and continuous growth.

EEO Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusion. We consider all qualified candidates without regard to legally protected characteristics. We participate in e-Verify. Please inform us if you require accommodations during the hiring process.